The Swedish word for Ascension Day, the day Jesus is believed to have ascended to heaven, is 'Kristi himmelfärdsdag'. Here’s ...

Men of faith who died before Christ couldn't enter Heaven without His atoning blood. Their sacrifices covered sin but didn't pay sin’s price. After descending to Hades, Jesus ascended.

ascends to heaven. In so doing, he opens a path for us, too. As Pope St. John Paul II reminded the faithful in 1979: “Jesus took his place. After having undergone the humiliation of his passion ...

Eugene Peterson once observed, “The great omission in the church is the Great Commission.” His words are a sobering reminder ...

After Jesus rose from the grave, He spent time preparing the apostles for the great commission, the beginning of the New ...

After Jesus was crucified on Good Friday ... On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come again to judge the living ...

And that is a pity, because it is so deeply rich in meaning. First, when we say in the Nicene Creed that “Jesus ascended into heaven,” we don’t mean that He shot off like a rocket into space.